Heart″ed‐ness, n. Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. Clarendon.
☞ See also the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Heart″ed‐ness, n. Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. Clarendon.
☞ See also the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc.